Bob Dylan By Way Of Dirty Harry: “The Polls They Are A-Closin’”
Posted by Dirty Harry on Friday, October 31st, 2008
In Honor Of McCain’s 48-47 Lead Tonight
Come gather ’round liberals
Wherever you roam
And admit Obama’s sitter’s
Named Bernadine Dohrn
And accept it that soon
You’ll have to find solace in online porn
For ole’ Mac is back
And so’s Palin
And you better stop hatin’
Or you’ll die all alone
Yes, the polls they are a-closin’.
Come reporters and startlets
Who prophesize like old hens
Who keep your minds closed
And spew lies from your pens
And you spoke too soon
With your unholy spin
And there’s no turning back
Your reputation’s flamin’.
That ole’ war hero now
Might pull out a win
For the polls they are a-closin’.
Those senators, congressmen
Named Dodd and Frank
They decimated our economy
Pelosi’s a skank
But he who hugged Jeremiah Wright
His numbers just sank
The battle for Pennsylvania’s
Closin’.
Bitter Clingers will shake up
that ole’ media tank
For they don’t want a-hosin.’
Come Tito the Builder
And Plumber the Joe
They dared criticize
Out came media thugs for O
But Ayers and Rezko
They didn’t want to know
But Old Media’s
No longer the chosen.
Please get out of the way
We hope you die slow
For the polls they are a-closin’.
O wants your wealth
But won’t feed his aunt
Slow Joe he has
The IQ of a plant
Both made the mistake
Of tellin’ Cuda she can’t
Now hopenchange
it is fadin’.
Can the war hero beat
The media slant
Well, the polls they are a-closin’.
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Lexingtonon 31 Oct 2008 at 10:56 pm 1Actually, they aren’t (they narrowed slightly over the earlier part of the week, and have more or less plateaued, with even a bit of movement Obama’s way), but by all means, keep having fun. It’ll make Tuesday night seem much better for you.
EPorvaznikon 31 Oct 2008 at 11:24 pm 2Did you write that, Harry? As someone who’s had fun with “(Don’t) Paint It Black,” “Obama Blah-Blah” and “Obama Man” in the last few weeks, very impressed. If nothing else, the Dems truly are the inspirational parody gifts that keep on giving.
Jack Marinoon 01 Nov 2008 at 12:50 am 3Hey, Eric we going to get together, have a drink, smoke a cigar and talk treason?
pandaxon 01 Nov 2008 at 2:22 am 4lexington
Can’t give up the ghost can you? You imply were deluding ourselves yet your the one won’t acknowlege any change in the polls that favor McCain? Myself I’ve never had much faith in these things. I always knew this race was neck in neck unlike what the liberal media would have us believe. McCain has very good chance of winning because the more people learn about Obama the more there is to worry about. If McCain does win the least you could do is show up and take your dose.
Megon 01 Nov 2008 at 3:35 am 5I just can’t wait to be done with this election. Then again, as soon as this one ends, the next one begins, so I guess we’re no better off than before. I’m going to bed.
Ginaon 01 Nov 2008 at 4:25 am 6You go Harry!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 01 Nov 2008 at 4:56 am 7Lexington:
You are right.
I was watching some unbiased fair and balanced newscast this morning and they were talking about President Obama like the election was over.
It was something called MSNBC so they must be right. After all they only report the news don’t they?
abeon 01 Nov 2008 at 4:57 am 8Yes. In a single day, McCain gained 7 points. Uhuh.
thudon 01 Nov 2008 at 4:59 am 9I awoke to this…fantastic.
Stephanieon 01 Nov 2008 at 5:49 am 10I am utterly happy. Awesome Gif too DH..and the song…ha ha ha! Awesome.
I guess you can’t say spread the wealth and call rural people hicks, racists and rednecks and then expect these same people to vote for you?
AWE YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…….
And Jack, EP can I come along? I have my own stash of stogies……
Johnny Ed's Babyon 01 Nov 2008 at 6:26 am 11abe:
Obama gained 10 points last Sunday but I guess that is plausible.
And while you are here, can you tell us why anyone that thinks someone other than Barry wrote Dreams is a bigot? I’m still waiting for you to educate us.
Dirty Harry's Momon 01 Nov 2008 at 6:31 am 12Great parody! Imagine how many of these you can write over the next EIGHT YEARS!!!!
Voted yesterday. Half, HALF of the eligible voters in this city have already voted. This is fun…and i really mean it—let the best man win.
You have done a FANTASTIC job for McCain. You are a man of strong values and passionate convictions. I am sincerely very proud of you.
Mom
StevefromMKEon 01 Nov 2008 at 6:34 am 13Face it abe/DHM, the more people hear and read about that socialist and dictatorial Obama, the less they like.
PerfectTommyon 01 Nov 2008 at 6:40 am 14Good thing you wrote out the lyrics, DH, because I can never understand you when you sing. You mumble too much.
abeon 01 Nov 2008 at 6:52 am 15Hey Johny Ed,
I have told you that repeatedly in that one thread. It’s not my fault that you can’t read.
kind regards,
-abe
Stephanieon 01 Nov 2008 at 6:52 am 16Mac is gonna win this one. I knew it from the start. Sure I had doubts and I am not getting ahead of myself but the momentum has changed considerably. I am so pumped. HE was on FOX from Newport News VA and it was an AWESOME rally. He looks ready to kick major BOOTY!
The other day at the office a guy walked in and needed ten signs, a bunch of Palin rally tickets and we were running out.
The ten signs left us with five and then the five walked out and we were out of Dems for McCain. I am so psyched. I am now more into this than I was in 2000…..
Stephanieon 01 Nov 2008 at 7:01 am 17Um Abe no ya didn’t. Soooo………..your merely dodging questions like Bill Ayers dodges reporters.
abeon 01 Nov 2008 at 7:05 am 18I made a case in that thread. It’s not my fault that some people are not so quick on the uptake.
TROon 01 Nov 2008 at 7:15 am 19Zogby is a notoriously bad poller so I wouldn’t get too excited about this.
Still it was a great way to start a weekend.
Salon 01 Nov 2008 at 7:21 am 20It is my sincere hope that the pack of middle-school trick or treaters that marched off my lawn chanting “Obama, Obama, Obama” are in for a disappointment on Wed.
For a second or two, before their gnat-like attention spans move on to the next shiny thing.
If you don’t like my politics, you could have skipped my house.
DH, excellent. This deserves wide distribution.
Stephanieon 01 Nov 2008 at 7:26 am 21Um Abe you didn’t. You dogded the question so puleese any half insincere attempt at an answer is not an answer.
Stephanieon 01 Nov 2008 at 7:28 am 22And as far as Zogby as per Hannity, Zogby of all the big pollsters was correct in 04′. Ya I know about Investors but I am talking about the big time pollsters.
TROon 01 Nov 2008 at 7:47 am 23Oops sorry for the double posting . . . damn my internet connection.
Lexingtonon 01 Nov 2008 at 8:26 am 24pandax,
“Can’t give up the ghost can you? You imply were deluding ourselves yet your the one won’t acknowlege any change in the polls that favor McCain?”
Sure I do - like I said, the polls tightened last week. Then they stopped, and tipped a bit towards Obama. Take a look at Pollster or the RCP Average, and you’ll see the same thing. One day of good Zogby polling does not a comeback make.
Johnny Ed’s Baby,
“Lexington:
You are right.”
Well, thank God someone gets it.
Kiton 01 Nov 2008 at 8:26 am 25The McCain/Palin ticker is this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/76/Littleenginethatcould.jpg
Johnny Ed's Babyon 01 Nov 2008 at 8:44 am 26abe:
You did no such thing.
You stated as fact that we are bigots because we don’t believe Obama wrote Dreams.
I replied there were other cases of people not believing the credited authors wrote their books. It was also pointed out that Obama had not one writing sample prior to the book.
You came back with 1 case - JK Rowling.
I pointed out that even Rowling had written stories as a child.
But you never explained why only those questioning Obama are bigots.
I am sure this is not the only blog Axelrod pays you to spread your astroturf. Do you remain on his payroll after Tuesday?
Johnny Ed's Babyon 01 Nov 2008 at 8:47 am 27Lexington:
I am so glad you are here. I never thought anyone existed that not only got all their news from Huffington and MSNBC, but also believed everything they say. But you have proved that wrong.
abeon 01 Nov 2008 at 9:08 am 28I actually did explain why Cashil was probably a bigot for suggesting such a thing. Look, this whole “I can’t read” shtick is getting old.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 01 Nov 2008 at 9:21 am 29abe:
You called those that question Obama bigots.
My name is not Cashil.
Lexingtonon 01 Nov 2008 at 9:38 am 30Johhny Ed’s Baby,
“I am so glad you are here.”
Love you too, big guy.
abeon 01 Nov 2008 at 9:49 am 31Come now. I said those that question Obama in a specific manner I delineated (i.e, he couldn’t write his own books) are bigots. Your attempt to conflate that with merely “questioning” Obama is transparent and lame.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 01 Nov 2008 at 9:55 am 32Lexington:
I don’t want you to leave since we rarely get any of the koskids here that can actually type complete sentences. You have raised the average troll IQ here to double digits. If you can find any Obama supporters with an IQ over 50, please have them post here so your average can reach 15.
Of course that assumes their mother lets them use a computer instead of crayons. Make sure you let your mother know how thankful you are for letting you use her computer.
Lexingtonon 01 Nov 2008 at 10:05 am 33Johnny,
“I don’t want you to leave…”
Johnny, baby, after your tender caress, who could *ever* leave?
Seriously, though, I’m not sure what your problem is, Johnny. I’m making a fairly uncontroversial statement here - Obama’s national lead, after a bit of a drop earlier in the week, has remained steady, even tracking up slightly over the last couple of days. Any poll site can tell you this. Why get all huffy?
Johnny Ed's Babyon 01 Nov 2008 at 10:43 am 34abe:
I love the racism inherent in the “Obama didn’t write his books” line. Of course, a black man certainly couldn’t have written his own books!
Bigots.
So I pointed out other examples of people questioning the authorship of other books but you claim questioning Obama is “inherently” racist? No one said a black man could not write his own books. You made that assumption.
And yes, you certainly are bigots if you keep repeating that line without any substantial evidence. The leaps that Cashil makes are ridiculous and have been repeatedly shot down. He’s essentially saying “since you can’t prove that Ayers didn’t write Obama’s books, Obama is guilty until proven innocent.” Cashil’s main evidence? Obama didn’t write much before “Father.” Therefore, Obama had to have gotten “help.” So every writer who’s first book is fairly successful must have written much else before?
Cashil never said it was 100% proven that Ayers wrote Dreams. We cite Cashil as evidence and you change his argument. And I already called you on Rowling and you had no other examples.
Only bigots who already hate Obama believe this story.
Again, if someone questions Obama he is a bigot but we are not bigots to question other authors? Does ne have to hate Obama first? Do those questioning Harper Lee hate her? If a black were to question Lee bigots or does that only apply to whites questioning a black man?
…questioning the fact that he wrote his books suggests latest bigotry, IMO, something Cashil was certainly playing to with his “analysis.”
I assume you meant latent bigotry, but you again say anyone questioning Obama is a bigot. And again without saying why only Obama can’t be questioned. And you assume Cashil was playing to our bigotry. Nice use of ” around analysis since whatever he came up with is a result of bigotry.
I repeat, suggesting that Obama was incapable of writing his own books and needed “help” without backing this charge up with substantial evidence suggests dismay at the fact that he could possibly have written his own books. Hell, forget the Ayers connection: The idea in and of itself is something a bigot would most certainly believe.
I never said he was incapable of writing his own books. I did say there is zero, zilch, no evidence he had ever written anything approximating Dreams. That is a fact.
Anyway, all I’m saying is, the suggestion that Obama couldn’t have written his own books is certainly something a bigot would believe.
And all I’m saying is that you don’t have to be a bigot to think that Obama did not write Dreams, but that is brush you me with. Sans evidence.
Many writers come out of nowhere with a first book that is excellent.
Again, many? Even Rowling wrote stories as a kid. And you give no evidence of many. Many is more than one.
Hey John Ed’s Baby–your cutoff “30? seems pretty arbitrary, because you know that one can find many writers who came out of nowhere without much evidence of having written works of the same caliber as their debut.
I answered 30 was Obama’s age when he was to have written Dreams - it is not arbitrary.
I see a lot of accusations of bigotry for questioning if Obama wrote Dreams but I see no proof on your part. Just accusations stated as facts. Please enlighten me as to why I am a bigot for questioning Obama and not other authors.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 01 Nov 2008 at 10:44 am 35abe:
I love the racism inherent in the “Obama didn’t write his books” line. Of course, a black man certainly couldn’t have written his own books!
Bigots.
So I pointed out other examples of people questioning the authorship of other books but you claim questioning Obama is “inherently” racist? No one said a black man could not write his own books. You made that assumption.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 01 Nov 2008 at 10:45 am 36abe:
And yes, you certainly are bigots if you keep repeating that line without any substantial evidence. The leaps that Cashil makes are ridiculous and have been repeatedly shot down. He’s essentially saying “since you can’t prove that Ayers didn’t write Obama’s books, Obama is guilty until proven innocent.” Cashil’s main evidence? Obama didn’t write much before “Father.” Therefore, Obama had to have gotten “help.” So every writer who’s first book is fairly successful must have written much else before?
Cashil never said it was 100% proven that Ayers wrote Dreams. We cite Cashil as evidence and you change his argument. And I already called you on Rowling and you had no other examples.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 01 Nov 2008 at 10:45 am 37abe:
Only bigots who already hate Obama believe this story.
Again, if someone questions Obama he is a bigot but we are not bigots to question other authors? Does ne have to hate Obama first? Do those questioning Harper Lee hate her? If a black were to question Lee bigots or does that only apply to whites questioning a black man?
Johnny Ed's Babyon 01 Nov 2008 at 10:46 am 38abe:
…questioning the fact that he wrote his books suggests latest bigotry, IMO, something Cashil was certainly playing to with his “analysis.”
I assume you meant latent bigotry, but you again say anyone questioning Obama is a bigot. And again without saying why only Obama can’t be questioned. And you assume Cashil was playing to our bigotry. Nice use of ” around analysis since whatever he came up with is a result of bigotry.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 01 Nov 2008 at 10:46 am 39abe:
I repeat, suggesting that Obama was incapable of writing his own books and needed “help” without backing this charge up with substantial evidence suggests dismay at the fact that he could possibly have written his own books. Hell, forget the Ayers connection: The idea in and of itself is something a bigot would most certainly believe.
I never said he was incapable of writing his own books. I did say there is zero, zilch, no evidence he had ever written anything approximating Dreams. That is a fact.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 01 Nov 2008 at 10:47 am 40abe:
Anyway, all I’m saying is, the suggestion that Obama couldn’t have written his own books is certainly something a bigot would believe.
And all I’m saying is that you don’t have to be a bigot to think that Obama did not write Dreams, but that is brush you me with. Sans evidence.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 01 Nov 2008 at 10:47 am 41abe:
Many writers come out of nowhere with a first book that is excellent.
Again, many? Even Rowling wrote stories as a kid. And you give no evidence of many. Many is more than one.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 01 Nov 2008 at 10:47 am 42abe:
Hey John Ed’s Baby–your cutoff “30? seems pretty arbitrary, because you know that one can find many writers who came out of nowhere without much evidence of having written works of the same caliber as their debut.
I answered 30 was Obama’s age when he was to have written Dreams - it is not arbitrary.
I see a lot of accusations of bigotry for questioning if Obama wrote Dreams but I see no proof on your part. Just accusations stated as facts. Please enlighten me as to why I am a bigot for questioning Obama and not other authors.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 01 Nov 2008 at 10:49 am 43Sorry about the double posts. Please ignore the fun I am having asking why he thinks anyone questioning Obama is a bigot.
Stephanieon 01 Nov 2008 at 11:12 am 44He actually thinks he will shame us if he calls us bigots. Shame us into voting for Obie. Sorry abe but the racist name calling you have devolved to has now rendered the word racist and bigot (at least as far as I am concerned) meaningless. Say it all you want because it doesn’t work. At all. Doesn’t even piss me off anymore. I think its hilarious actually.
abeon 01 Nov 2008 at 12:01 pm 45I’m not having this argument John–because you largely repeat a fallacy I pointed out in this post:
“Come now. I said those that question Obama in a specific manner I delineated (i.e, he couldn’t write his own books) are bigots. Your attempt to conflate that with merely “questioning” Obama is transparent and lame.”
You repeatedly suggest that I said merely questioning Obama is evidence of bigotry. This is an example of the strawman logical fallacy.
I enjoy a good argument. You seem like a bad one. No thanks.
pandaxon 01 Nov 2008 at 7:24 pm 46You repeatedly suggest that I said merely questioning Obama is evidence of bigotry. This is an example of the strawman logical fallacy.
Which you did. You just came out and called us bigots for questioning if Obama wrote his book. Now you come out with all these reasons which you didn’t state before.
The reason you don’t want to discuss this is because you know you shot your mouth off and can’t defend it.
Ohio Wolverine momon 01 Nov 2008 at 7:35 pm 47The racist claim is dead, at least by blacks in the USA, thanks to this election.
I am new to Ohio, but wish I had the opportunity to ask an Ohio Obamabot if they voted for Ken Blackwell;after all, he would have been the first black governor for Ohio…..
And I pray for the courage to take information from Alfonzo Rachel, and remind black Americans that Planned Parenthood was founded to exterminate their race, and their messiah is complicit with them in this effort. He is a Kenyan-American, not African American as used in this country. His Kenyan citizen father descents from those who sold AAs into slavery. He does not know their experience, being raised by his white grandparents.
A little knowledge is a powerful thing, and as the NAACP has been telling us for years “a mind is a terrible thing to waste.”
Scotton 02 Nov 2008 at 3:42 am 48Actuallly,OWm,that was the United Negro College Fund..”A mind is a terrible thing to waste”…should be the motto of the Democratic Party